1988 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the Painting of the Prewar Showa Period, 1926-1945
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62450010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Fine art history
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| Research Institution | The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
IWASAKI Yoshikazu Chief Curator, Dept. of Exhibition Projects, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 企画・資材課, 課長 (40000385)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OZAKI Masaaki Curator, Department of Fine Arts The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 美術課, 主任研究官 (00113423)
ICHIKAWA Masanori Curator, Department of Exhibition Projects The National Museum of Modern Art, To, 企画・資材課, 主任研究官 (20099930)
CHIBA Shigeo Curator, Department of Exhibition Projects The National Museum of Modern Art, To, 企画・資材課, 主任研究官 (00101006)
FUJII Hisae Curator, Department of Fine Arts The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 美術課, 主任研究官 (30000384)
ASANO Toru Chief Curator, Department of Fine Arts The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 美術課, 課長 (60000387)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1987 – 1988
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| Keywords | War painting / Proletarian art in Japan / Surrealist painting in Japan / Noboru Kitawaki / Gentaro Komaki / Ryuzaburo Umeraha / Zenzaburo Kojima / 独立美術協会 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study included the following four projects: 1. Research on War Painting The main purpose of this reserach was to make a complete list of war paintings included in exhibitions. We also collected related reference materials. 2. Research on Proletarian Art We collected raw reference materials of which the majority was newspaper articles. We made a chronological list of these articles to provide a historical context for them. 3. Research on Avant-Garde Art with the production notes of Noboru Kitawaki and the scrapbooks of Gentaro Komaki as reference materials, we chronologically traced the development of avant-garde art in Kyoto. 4. Research on Japanized Oil Painting That Emerged Around the Dokuritsu Art Association We examined the works of Ryuzaburo Umehara and Zenzaburo Kojima, and also studied the ideological background of their time such as nationalism and Pan-Asianism.
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